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I thought S. Carolina got a good look at the end. Arizona did not get such a good look. I thought McDonald's shot was in the "a hope and a prayer" category. Stanford's real stroke of luck was that McDonald ran the clock all the way down. If she had taken the shot a little earlier, an Arizona player would have had a chance at an easy put-back, because Stanford wasn't setting up to rebound the shot.

That's probably fair, and a good point about an offensive rebound being there for the taking.  And while I get wanting to put the ball in the hands of your best player at the end of the game, I was surprised that they basically told McDonald to try to beat Stanford by herself.  There were no screens, no penetration, no nothing.  It was just dribble a bit and throw the ball up and hope you win.

You can't blame Barnes when she put together one of the best game plans against Stanford this season.  But still, that was not an especially well designed play.

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I thought S. Carolina got a good look at the end. Arizona did not get such a good look. I thought McDonald's shot was in the "a hope and a prayer" category. Stanford's real stroke of luck was that McDonald ran the clock all the way down. If she had taken the shot a little earlier, an Arizona player would have had a chance at an easy put-back, because Stanford wasn't setting up to rebound the shot.

That's probably fair, and a good point about an offensive rebound being there for the taking.  And while I get wanting to put the ball in the hands of your best player at the end of the game, I was surprised that they basically told McDonald to try to beat Stanford by herself.  There were no screens, no penetration, no nothing.  It was just dribble a bit and throw the ball up and hope you win.

You can't blame Barnes when she put together one of the best game plans against Stanford this season.  But still, that was not an especially well designed play.

BC